The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-09-22
ACCIDENTS BY BAIL
AOOAAN ]4N In ~ Il ADG11A
Two Trains Running at Full Speed
Collide
Near Dubuque by Which Five lives
are Lost.
An Engineer. Fireman and Two
Tramps Killed
In Freight Train Accident on the P.
F. w. & G.. R.R.

ECHCAGo, Sept. ia News special
from Dubuque, Iowa, says: A horri-
bic accident on the Chicago, Milwaukee
q st. Paul railroad, two miles north Of
the city, took place about $50 this
morning. The north and south bound
passenger trains collided at full speed.
Five persons were. killed outright and
many injured.
FREIGHT TRAINS WRECKED.
CINCINNATI, Sept. ia TimeS-Star
Springfield, Ohio, special says: A col
n5lOn occurred this morning at FoS-
ter's crossing, east of that place, on the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne 81 Chicago rail-
road, between two freight trains, set
ting on fire five oil cars, exploding a
car OF dynamite and killing five per-
sons, the fireman, Ed. Bach, the engin-
eer and three tramps who were steal
ing ride.
BRICK WORKS BURNED.
KEYPoRT. N. j., Sept. 19.-Jacob
Iorillard's brick works, the largest in
the United States were DESTROYED by
fire yesterday afternoon. The flames
started in the dry room and soon spread
TO all parts Of the buildings, which
were entirely destroyed, with their
contents. Loss, $500, 900: no insurance
The works will be rebuilt.
FIVE PEOPLE DROWNED.
GENEVA, Sept. 19.-Five persons
were drowned in Lake Geneva to-day
by "a collision between the boat they
were riding i'll and the steamer La
man.
MEXICAN CNTRAL DISASTER.
Ell PAso, Tex, Sept. 19.-The fatal
wreck on the Mexican Central is about
eight miles from the Mexican Central
depot at PasO del Norte. The cut is
jammed full of cars, which are piled in
so promiscuously that many of them
have entirely lost their identity. The
cut is so packed full of cars that one
can walk off of them and step onto the
other embankment. About seventeen
of them are in this shape. One engine
Is piled up on the other, the tender on
top of this, and bOx-car towers on
and above the tender. Splinters, iron,
rubbish of all kinds, and general havoc
is all above. How the train men, ex-
cept Cook, escaped, cannot be imag-
ined. They simply found themselves
safe on the embankment. Engineer
Cooks lifeless body was dug from be-
meath the engines and was sent to
friends for burial. Conductor Smith is
hurt in the side, but not fatally. A
Mexican brakeman has badly crushed
ankle and has been sent to the hospital
at Chihuahua. The cause of the
wreck is looked upon as phenomenon.
There was no general rain; but at the
spot where the wreck occurred the
banks on either side were washed
down-caved In on the track, as it
were, by mighty force. A little be-
yoDd the grading Is entirely washed
from under the rails. The train had
not reached this, but the destruction
and marks of the rain stop as abruptly
as a precipice. Outside of "A small
area, no signs of a storm appears. 1t
Is attributed to water spout.
ACCIDENTAL DEATH.
LONavIEw, Tex, Sept. ia death,
probably accidental, but in a certain
degree due to narcotics, has occurred
here. j. a. Maddox, proprietor of a
small confectionery store and lunch
stand, had been drinking pretty freely
for q week or so past. This rendering
him i'll, he used very freely some patent
cholera morbus mixture rich with
opium. Yesterday he ate some grapes,
the first food for two days. This in
creased his trouble. and to relieve the
pain Maddox took more of the patent
medicine, some brandy and chloroform
and drank freely of whisky. lie was
found nearly unconscious at 5 o'clock
and soon died. He leaves a widow and
three children. He is member of the
knights of Honor, and carries five
Thousand dollar insurance.
SWEPT AWAY by FIRE.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 17.-Fire swept
away several of the best business
blocks of Ironwood, Mich, this after
noon, much in the same manner as
three months ago its sister Wisconsin
town, Harley, just across the Mont
real River, was devastated. This loss
is estimated at $3.50, 600, with practi-
cally no insurance. About twenty
buildings were destroyed.
GLASS WORKS BURNED.
WHEELING, w. Va, Sept. 1.-THE
Labelle Glass Works at Bridgeport,
Ohio, opposite this city, was burned
this evening. Loss SS5, 900; well in
sured. Four hunded people are
thrown out of work.
THREE MEN INSTANTLY KILLED.
WHEELING, w. Va, Sept. IA
terrible accident occurred to-day at the
Bellaire bridge, four miles below here
on the Baltimore & Ohio Road. While
Foreman Ed. Duffy and a gang OF
workmen were repairing the bridge a
yard engine, coming from Benwood to
Bellaire, came upon them and knocked
Z. Duffy and two of his men into the
river-bed below. All three were in
stantly killed.
OPERA HOUSE BURNED.
OTTUMwA, Iowa, Sept. l9.-LewiS'
Opera House took fire at O'Clock this
afternoon and was burned to the
ground. Loss $4,000, insurance
$1,000.
BURNED TO DEATH.
NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-Fire broke out
this morning on the third floor of the
four story brick building at 10 South
street by which one man, Nelson Camp
man, a canal boat captain, lost his life
and another, Meredith Stewart, a la
bOrer, was severely burned.
FATHER AND SON KILLED.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 19.-The fast
day express over the Indianapolis s
st. Louis Railway, due here at 3:l5 thi.
afternoon was wrecked near Fern sta
ton about forty-flve miles west. TIL,
cause of the wreck is not yet definitel,
known but 1t is understood to hav'
been caused by the breaking O
a wheel under the rear truck O
locomotive. The entire train excep
the sleeping car left the track and tn
engineer and fireman, named Reddinp
ton, father and son, were buried be
meath the engine and killed. Tn
elder Reddington, the engineer, wa
The passengers were violently shake
up, but none seriously injured.
FIVE LIVES LOST.
MINNEAPoLIS, Sept. 20.-A Cantor
OAK, special to the Journal says tn
East bound passenger train, No. 2, o
the Chicago, milwaukee, Il st. Par
Railroad ran into the rear of freiQl
train No. this morning three mil.
east of here. The freight was sWitcl
ing at Inwood, Ia, and the rear pa
breaking loose tore down the graz
toward Canton for several miles, final
colliding with the passenger. IN
following were killed:
Andrew DarrOthy, Rock Valley, Ia
line repairer.
w. A. PlOog. McGregor, Ia, enVi
Ger of the passenger.
Charles Dunbar, Mason City, Ii
fireman.
Two more bodies are still in n
wreck and wrecking train is now
work. Thirty passengers escaped u
injured. Six cars of wheat, one
cattle, one caboOse and the passenO
coaches were demolished. The &C
dent occurred at the edge of a brid
ACROSS the Sioux River and q few 8